Fishhook dislodging and extracting instrument



Dec. 15, 1953 B. F. BORUP 6 1 FISHHOOK DISLODGING AND EXTRACTINGINSTRUMENT Filed Jan. 29, 1951 flan/0mm F. Barup IN VEN TOR.

Patented Dec. 15, 1953 u u l r o STATES rare-sir BF-FEE *FISHHOOKISESIIODGINGFAND EXTRAcTING INSTRUMENT Benjamin F. BorupfHuntingto'n Par;{c=i iir,,ja

' signiir of due-half to Bob Fi Borum-fiiintington Park, Calif.

Application January 29, 1951, Serial No. 208,346

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to certain new and desirably useful improvementsin instruments which are expressly adapted to aid a fisherman in aptlymeeting and coping with the often tedi- 2 employing reference numeralsand accompanying lead lines, it will be seen that the completeinstrument is made from a single length or wire rod of appropriate gageand rigidity. The main reach of the rod constitutes a shank and this isone and exasperating task of dislodging and ex- 5 tracting a fish-hook,which has become caught, denoted by the numeral 4. At its outer end thefr m th th of fish, shank is formed into a ring or the like 6 and thisAn object of the invention is to structurally, constitutes anappropriate handle of hand grip. functionally and otherwise improve uponprior The pp te e d of the rod is formed into a art extractors throughthe adoption and use of m corkscrew-like disgorger which is generallydea, simple, efilcient and suitably constructed innoted y e numeral 8 elatt r is formed strument which is properly intended to serve, in fromone and one-half helical coils, the main an adept manner, the everydayneeds of the user. coil being denoted at H] and the half-coil at l2.

Another object of the invention is realized The free end of thehalf-coil is convolved to prothrough the adoption of an instrumentwhich, vide a guiding, retaining and endthrust tip iii. because it isfashioned from a single length of It Obvious that this means 3 is p edto be wire rod, meets the practical requirements of Screwed 0n the usualleader d along t e manufacturers, shank of the hook and lodged in theseat E8 of In keeping with the prerequisite of greatest the hook, in theer ShOWIl in ure possible simplicity, it is a further object to pro- 29The intermediate portion of the rod is formed vide a construction which,as a result of experiinto a lateral Substantially D d. mentation andfrequent testing, reveals that no having bight po ion 2 and limbs and 26special instructions for use are required, this due WhiCh Converge w rdth bends 23. This U- to the fact that the mode of handling the colp d mr provides a l a r snubbin mem- 1 ti features i self-evident, her andthe leader is adapted to be wrapped structurally, a significant aspectof the instrument has to do with a rigid shank having handle means atone end, a corkscrew-like self-feeding fish-hook disgorger at the otherend, and novelly convenient means intermediate its ends, whereby M theusual leader may be wrapped thereon, eifectively snubbed and held withthe same hand which operates the instrument, whereby to readi- 1ydislodge and then yank the fish-hook free from all around the restrictedor neck portion as denoted at 30. The adjacent end portion of the leader32 is adapted to be run alongside or the shank and held with the samehand which is employed to grasp the finger-ring or hand grip 6, this inan obvious manner.

In practice, the disgorger 8 is threaded and screwed on the leader andslid down the shank of the hook until the coils l0 and i2 are lodged themouth of t fish in the seat of the hook. This brings the tip It Inparticular, novelty is predicated on the above in n thr engagement wi hid seat. By construction wherein said means is a simple U- W apping elea er t, as at 6, around the bend situated midway between the handlemeans snubhing member 26 and holding the end portion and disgorgensaidbend projecting at right angles 32 with the hand which also holds thefingerfrom said shank. 40 ring, the device is ready to be used. All thatis Other Obj ct features and d ant ges of the necessary is to hold thefish in one hand and the invention will hecome more readily apparehtinstrument thus arranged with the other hand, ggllzitlilnihrelet iiizsdg iilll pgg i fg 1n zvhereupon a suitable thrust action will dislodge hefish-hook, after which it may be extracted me acwmPEmymg Sheet of f m Wfrom the mouth of the fish 34 in an obvious man- 121 like numerals areemployed to designate like men parts throughout the views:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a fish-hook gz i i f t tconsmtctlon and Opdislodging and extracting instrument constructed on oe devme 111 t understood in accordance with the principles of theinvenand further explanatlqn 1S beheveu to be tion and Showing themanner in which Same is necessary. However, since numerous modificato beused; and tions and changes will readily occur to those Figure 2 is aperspective iew of th instrument skilled in the art, it is not desiredto limit the per Se, invention to the exact construction shown andReferring now to the views of the drawings and as s ri d, a daccordingly all su t m d fi rs tions and equivalents may be resorted to,falling within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A fish hook dislodging and extracting instrument comprising a rigid rodmember having a rigid shank, the latter being essentially straight andhaving helically coiled terminal means at its outer end adapted to bescrewed on a flexible leader and manually forced into end thrust en- 104 curvate bight portion and connected at opposite ends to the respectivecomplemental shank portions by way Of right angled bends.

BENJAMIN F. BORUP.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,000,775 Buras Aug. 15, 1911 2,215,275 Phillips Sept. 17,1940 2,441,458 Underwood May 11, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number CountryDate 623,872 France of 1927

